Dan and I have just returned from our trip to Hakuba. It is a village up in the mountains of Nagano, where the 98 winter Olympics were held. We had a great time. We arrived there on December 23, skied and snowboarded on the 24th and 25th and came home the 26th. We stayed at a hotel called Hakuba House. It was more of a trendy bed and breakfast. This place made our stay so wonderful. It was run by a nice young Australian couple, who just opened the place days before we got there. It was cute and cozy and everyone was really friendly. They had a little comfortable lounge where everyone hung out and talked. The skiing was good too. I was able to ski on a run that they used for the Olympics.
This is a view from our window Christmas eve morning. We woke up to beautiful snow and it continued to snow all day.
Dan snowboarding. We dressed up like Santa because the resort was giving free lift tickets to people in Santa costumes on Christmas eve.
Mrs. Claus
Dan was loosing parts of the costume every time he fell.
Here is a view of the valley.
This is a view from close to the top of the mountain.
This is a view from our window Christmas eve morning. We woke up to beautiful snow and it continued to snow all day.
Dan snowboarding. We dressed up like Santa because the resort was giving free lift tickets to people in Santa costumes on Christmas eve.
Mrs. Claus
Dan was loosing parts of the costume every time he fell.
Here is a view of the valley.
This is a view from close to the top of the mountain.
4 comments:
Happy Holidays Liz!
Mrs. Retherford told me about your blog, what a great way to share your adventures!
Email when you can, I would love to catch up. Miss you!
Jaime
jaimemarinos@aol.com
Those are some great photos.
Was it really cheaper to rent the costumes than to pay for the lift tickets?
It certainly was, but we didn't rent the costumes, we bought them. We paid around Y3,000(30$) for both of the costumes and the lift tickets are Y4,500 each. We saved about 60$!!
You bought them?!?!
Sweet souvenir! A little keep sake from your year in Japan.
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